Dopey Total Replay 52: Nick Reiner's 2nd Appearance; Shooting Wellbutrin & Rob Reiner Talking Nick Down from a Bad Acid TripDopey Total Replay 52: Nick Reiner's 2nd Appearance; Shooting Wellbutrin & Rob Reiner Talking Nick Down from a Bad Acid Trip
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
Timestamps Times refer to this upload; ~ marks a topic beginning inside a transcript block. - 00:15 — Welcome to Total Replay 52 - 02:19 — Revisiting the recording, Chris, and Nick - ~03:00 — Struggling while abstinent; sponsor, steps and getting back on track - 04:42 — Merch, Hunter Biden event and garage infestations - 07:04 — Bailey’s story: crack, camping and beer darts - 09:25 — Abortion money, a dangerous ride and calling Mom - 11:46 — Patreon comments from Total Replay 51 - 14:05 — Spotify comments and remembering Chris - 16:51 — Original episode begins: Nick Reiner returns - 18:58 — Chris’s people pleasing - 20:55 — The fish tank argument - 23:15 — Apartment descriptions and an accidental voice message - 25:34 — Nick’s birthday and basketball at the Cage - 27:44 — Ankle injury and getting laughed off the court - 29:55 — Pain pills, cravings and urgent care - 32:15 — Turning down medication to show up clearheaded for Dopey - 34:40 — Coming clean about the previous appearance - 37:05 — Dave’s harmonica performance - 37:28 — Reading the bad review - 39:29 — A good review, regret and turning suffering into material - 41:39 — Parents, treatment and blame - 42:51 — Chris leaves his dad’s number on a restaurant bill - 45:09 — Dating, pickup lines and “Horny the Shark” - 47:22 — Dave feels shut out of his own show - 49:10 — Nick’s Wellbutrin injection story - 51:09 — The homeless man, the Reiner name and getting medication at Alina Lodge - 55:27 — Benzo withdrawal and Chris injecting psychiatric medication - 57:44 — Cigarettes, vaping and Chris’s seizures - 01:00:10 — Heroin, 90210 and the Mexican-food delivery disaster - 01:02:21 — Two men down and one confused delivery guy - 01:04:37 — Roulette, Obama and life at Alina Lodge - 01:06:50 — Nick begins the bad acid trip story - 01:08:55 — Panic, waking his parents and asking for help - 01:11:17 — Rob Reiner talks Nick through the trip - 01:13:39 — Goodbye and Cormac’s song
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Bad Trips, Broken Ankles and Saying No to Pain Pills
Episode Overview
- Even with long-term abstinence, emotional struggles can be intense, and programme tools like meetings and sponsors still matter.
- Honesty about cravings and intentions (like wanting pain pills) can help interrupt old patterns.
- Having safe people around during drug experiences, as Nick did with his dad, can prevent panic and harm.
- Simple routines such as exercise, hobbies, and cleaning can stabilise mental health alongside formal recovery work.
- Sharing chaotic stories, emails and music builds a sense of community where people don’t have to pretend their past didn’t happen.
“We were lying side by side on a bed, looking up at the ceiling while he told me about the 60s, and he just talked me down for like eight hours straight.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This throwback instalment of Dopey Total Replay takes listeners back to episode 52, where chaos, comedy, and uncomfortable honesty all sit side by side.
Dave opens up about life 11+ years abstinent, admitting that “it isn’t always sober and it isn’t always good.” He talks about struggling emotionally, doubling down on meetings, finishing the 12 steps with a sponsor, and using simple routines like exercise, cooking, and bike rides with Susan to keep himself grounded. If you’re abstinent but still feel off, you’ll probably recognise a lot of what he’s describing.
The replayed core of the show features returning guest Nick Reiner, the first ever repeat guest on Dopey. Nick arrives on crutches after wrecking his ankle on the famous West 4th Street basketball courts and explains how he resisted painkillers at urgent care, using Dopey as accountability: he wanted to be able to say on air that he hadn’t taken them.
From there, it swings hard into classic Dopey territory: shooting Wellbutrin with a homeless man under a birch tree in Maine, Chris’s horrifyingly resourceful attempts at injecting psych meds, and seizure stories that somehow manage to be grim and ridiculous at the same time.
The emotional centrepiece is Nick’s story of tripping on acid and going to his parents’ bedroom for help, leading to Rob Reiner calmly talking him through an all‑night bad trip: lying side by side, ceiling‑staring, and hearing 60s stories instead of getting judged or punished.
Add in Bailey’s email about crack, camping, abortion money spent on drugs, and a mum rescue mission from the side of an Illinois road, plus a listener song from Cormac and comment shout‑outs to the late Chris, and you get exactly what Dopey promises: stupid funny addiction stories with a sting of reality. If you like recovery chat mixed with very dark humour, is this your next play?
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